Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1901 — Strange Pets. [ARTICLE]

Strange Pets.

A Portland, Maine, man has aroused the ridicule of his neighbors by becoming a mouse fancier. In a pen he has half a dozen or so ordinary field mice, “They are the most sociable pets 1 •ver had,” he remarked, “and any one of them will rise to attention as he hears my steps approach the pen. 1 have had these young ones about six months. They don't live long when cooped up, and they will come freely to my hand to eat or drink. Some of them are so tame that they will climb to my shoulder and display not the slightest alarm at being touched. They haven’t acquired so much faith in all humanity, however, and have refused to trust any one else so far. All of my mice I have taken from nests about the premises, and notice that they Invariably seek shelter below or behind something, never in so exposed a locality as almost any other animal might select." Th« mouce fancier is very proud of his little pets, and does not mind the smiles of bls neighbors.

What Do the Children Drlak? Don’t give them tea or coffee. Have you tried the new food drink called GRAIN-O? It la delicious and nourishing sad takes the plsce of coffee. The more Graln-O you give the children the more health vou distribute through their systems. Grain-O is made of pure grains, and when properly prepared tastes like the choice grades of coffee, but costs about % as much. All grocer* sell it 15c and 25c. You cannot put a great hope into a small soul.—J. L. Jones.